I had dinner w/ my friend Moataz last night. We drove out to Shawarma King, which Moataz swore was better than Aladdin Palace. He was right. Oh, and they're open to 4am (Wed-Sat).
We mostly just caught up on life in general. He's looking for work and recently interviewed for a tenure track position at Central Michigan - he's a Middle Eastern specialist. But his wife's also applying to PhD programs in economics, and that's a major consideration. His children are doing well, happy and independent as always (Moataz can't bring himself to be a disciplinarian since his children are "sovereign entities").
We talked politics, of course. We don't agree on everything - which is fine - but agree Iran's not so bad (certainly not in the axis of evil), Hussein's a brutal tyrant, and we both hope he's removed w/ as few civilian deaths as possible.
Later, Dr. Hauptmann (she's on both our dissertation committees) joined us. Moataz was entertained to no end that she's been taking dance classes at Wellspring. All in all, it was a tremendously pleasant evening.
I went home and watched Amélie (one of the best movies ever) w/ Cat on my brand new DVD player. And I woke up before noon, which is a major accomplishment.
Posted by Miguel at 12:05 PM
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Hola Miguel,
I am a WMU student who just happened to come across your website. Just wanted to say that there are very few doctoral students who publish on the web. I am currently finish up my CIS/Spanish degree and planning on postgraduate studies in Spanish-American Literature with a specialization in the subaltern. Saludos y keep the website running.
Posted by: Amjad Majid at December 13, 2003 02:31 AM